Hat-fastener.



Nn.,63l ,9|6. Patented Aug. 29, I899.

J. WRIGHT 8:. J. W. MITCHELL. HAT FASTENER.

(Application filed July 15; 1898. (No Model.)

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JOHN IVRIGIIT AND JOHN "WILLIAM MITCHELL, OF MOSGIEL, NEIV ZEALAND.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,916, dated August 29, 1899.

Application filed July 15, 1898. Serial No. 686.035. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WVRIGHT and JoHN WILLIAM MITCHELL, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, and residents of the borough of Mosgiel, (Otago,) in the Colony of New Zealand,have invented an Improved Fastenerfor Hats and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fasteners used for securing hats, bonnets, and the like upon the head of the wearer; and the object of the invention is to provide a fastener which may be ornamental and by which a hat or the like 1 may be effectually secured without damaging the same.

The usual manner at present in vogue for fastening hats is to pass a long pin or pins through any suitable raised part of the hat and through the hair of the wearer. Such pins catch a small quantity of the hair only; but by my invention a considerable quantity of hair is caught and utilized, with the result that a better hold is obtained for securing the hat.

The invention is carried into effect in the case of a hat by attaching combs to the ends of wires passed through the sides of the hat. The combs are drawn together by means of springs made, preferably, of elastic webbing, india-rubber, or the like. A frame or loops connect the springs to the hat to hold the same down upon the head. The outer ends of the wires may be provided with any suitable ornaments, such as knobs, monograms, or the like.

In attaching a hat the Wires, with their combs, are withdrawn sufficiently to separate the combs. The wires are then elevated in order to depress the.combs, when the teeth will enter the hair and hold the hat down to the head of the wearer upon the wires being released.

In order that our invention may be most easily understood, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, on which- Figure 1 is a detail sectional view. Fig. 2 is a View at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the frame.- Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the invontionapplied to a hat.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

loops a The wires a pass through the sides of the hat and have knobs ct, their inner ends being screw-threaded at a Combs 12 are mounted upon the wires (4 the bosses 11', secured to the back of the combs, being pierced and screwthreaded to receive the wires 0. The combs are thus adjustable upon the wires, and their distance apart may be regulated to allow the teeth to overlap more or less; (See Fig. 4.)

A frame 0 is attached to the interior of the hat 0, as hereinafter described, and has loops 0 in cross-bars 0 to which one end of springs 0 of elastic, are secured. The other ends of the springs are attached to the combs.

To secure the hat, the knobs a are pulled out and the combs separated to the position shown by Fig. 4. The hat is then placed upon the head of the wearer and the knobs gently released and allowed to grip into the hair and thus secure the hat.

The drawings show a cheap and light form of frame which may be readily secured within a hat, in which the sides 0 and a slide one within loops formed upon the other and have a spring 0 in tension passed through the The ends 0 of the sides are bent, as shown, and pointed at 0 This form of frame 'is sprung into the hat when it is held securely by the springc, or the combs may have any suitable form which will efiectually grip a quantity of hair to securely hold the hat or the like.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be per- JOHN WRIGHT. JoI-IN WILLIAM MITCHELL.

lVitnesses:

A. J. PARK, J IMRIE. 

